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Open Series, or OS, is a progressive collection of lectures, never before seen south of the Thames (London) and different in nature to those north of the river. It s a freestyle soapbox upon which visiting lecturers can express, without constraints, their views, from the macro to the micro, the real and the imagined. It creates a flexible platform, where lecturers are individuals, interwoven and connected forming an intricate fabric reflecting today s architectural design world. Academics, practising architects, technologists, environmentalists and artists are invited on one important proviso: that they have something interesting to say. The OS platform nurtures and nourishes excellent lecturers and covers contemporary issues and emerging global and environmental concerns. It encourages lecturers to show competition entries before they are won, projects before they are exhibited, and books before they are published. It allows the audience to hear about emerging ideas and technologies, forms, patterns and spatial morphologies. The Department of Architecture and Design of London South Bank University is located within the Keyworth Centre in the heart of an incredible learning environment. The gritty, regenerating urbanism of Elephant and Castle and the South Bank forms its background. The Open Series is an appeal to throw open the department doors and draw upon a unique and fascinating narrative landscape. The aim is to broaden the two-way street of discussion and experience, inviting people in, encouraging students to step out, generating permeability, defusing limits and boundaries. The tradition of the maverick and the contrarian s viewpoint are alive and well south of the river and the doors of the Department have truly been flung open. We have moved from the periphery to join the debate. - Mary Jane Rooney Head of Department for Architecture and Design The OS book is an annual, full colour, printed record of the lectures; it contains a preface by Peter Cook, together with the essays and latest project images contributed by all the participating lecturers. It is sold in major architecture bookshops globally and offers an additional medium for the speakers to publish their thoughts, ideas and architectural agendas. It is a platform which extends the debate beyond the room and the speaker; it stands on its own two feet .
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Works contributed from the lecturers of OS1include: Yael Reisner, Marcos Cruz, Urban Salon, Marjan Colletti, CJ Lim, Nigel Coates, Raoul Bunschoten, Plasma Studio, Michael Hensel, Andrew Wright, Mark Garcia, NaJa & deOstos, Mark Mückenheim
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